ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,989, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MICRO ACTUATOR Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Optical path changing unit and lens assembly comprising same" was invented by Dae Soon Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hak Ku Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myung Won Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Dong Sung Lee (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an optical path changing unit and a lens assembly comprising same. The optical path changing unit comprises: a base; a prism unit a part of which is connected to the base and the other part of which is arranged to be movable within the base; and first to third opti...